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Wright reunion held
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This photo was taken on Mothers Day 1951. Pictured from left: Myrtle (Wright) Brock, Herman Wright, LaDell (Wright) Lewis, Louis Wright, Thelma (Wright) Brock, I.J. Wright, Mable (Wright) Hunt, Anna Lee (Wright) Baker; Seated: James Lafayette Wright and Mary Eugene Wingo Wright.

On September 20, 2008, 55 members of the James Lafayette and Mary Eugene Wingo Wright family met for lunch. The Riverside Restaurant served the lunch on the deck, and entertainment were members of the family Ben, Linda, Bo and Lisa Lewis. A great time was enjoyed by all. A book was presented with the history and records of births, marriages and deaths covering seven generations. The two uncles, Birch Baker and Kenneth Hunt were present. Birch was the oldest and his great-grandson Adley James, one and a half months old was the youngest. Adley is the grandson of Jim Baker and the son of Jessica (Baker) and Nicolas Parson.

Those attending were: Birch Baker, Jim Baker and E.J. Henderson, Jessica (Baker) and Adley Parson, Stephanie Baker, Alex Baker, Kenneth Hunt, Susan Hunt and Mack Ross, Betty Jo (Brock) Fowler, Ben, Frances (Brock) Burgess, and Sarah Curtis, Bill and Jenny Trew, Oberia (Skeet) (Brock) Dixon, Margaret (Dixon) Witt, Tim, Chris, Gabi, Madison, and Catie Dixon, Carolyn (Wright) and John Guerry, Matt Witt, Fay (Brock) and John Brown, Beatrice (Wright) Tallent, Jim Tallent, Tina (Tallent) Hughes, JoAnn (Wright) and Keith Ballew, Linda (Wright) and Joel Hardison, Melissa (Hardison), Robert, Regan, Annsley, and Reid Pettway, Emily (Hardison), James, and Branton Bagley, Judy and Larry Jenkins, Ben, Linda, Bo and Lisa Lewis, Sheena Brown, Edith Ledford, Tiffany Davis.


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